Eric Sink on Vista, Writing Books, SourceGear, and Wii Golf
Eric Sink talks to us this week about a number of things currently on his mind including software methodologies, getting involved in the business side of software, upgrading to Vista, WPF/E, writing books for a living, and the evolution of his product, SourceGear.
Guests:
Eric Sink
Eric Sink is the founder of SourceGear, a software vendor in central Illinois. In 2003, SourceGear released Vault, a version control tool designed to be a replacement for SourceSafe. Nine years later, Vault continues to be a successful product in its niche. More recently, Eric has been focused on a next-generation project. Veracity is a Distributed Version Control System (like Git and Mercurial). It is open source (Apache License) and cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux). In 2011, Eric published a free book called Version Control by Example. VCBE is available online and free printed copies are available from SourceGear (until we run out).
Links:
- Greg Brill's Infusion NYC Offer (KH6) http://www.intellectualhedonism.com/2006/08/16/FreeApartmentInNYCForOneYearOnTopOfANewYorkSalary.aspx
- The Code Project - Free Source Code and Tutorials http://www.codeproject.com
- TestDriven.NET Unit Testing Add-in for Visual Studio http://www.testdriven.net/
- Eric Sink's Weblog (SNU) http://www.ericsink.com